Several hundred Syrian refugees who fled the war ravaging their country and took refuge in the border town of Arsal are expected to return back to their hometowns in the Qalamoun Mountains located northeast of the Syrian capital Damascus.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat on Wednesday accused the international community and the Arab League of “handing over” the southern Syrian province of Daraa to the Syrian regime.
“What a sad and tragic coincidence. After the peaceful uprising that Daraa's children staged seven years ago, and after legendary resilience in the face of the regime of brutality, the so-called international community and the futile Arab League are handing over Daraa to the jailer of torture, arrests, disappearances and murder,” Jumblat tweeted.

Strong Lebanon bloc secretary MP Ibrahim Kanaan and caretaker Information Minister Melhem Riachi of the Lebanese Forces insisted Wednesday that the landmark Maarab Agreement is still alive, after Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil hinted that the agreement is dead.
“The Christian reconciliation was not born on a certain day, it rather belongs to history and to the coming generations,” Kanaan tweeted.

Saudi charge d'affaires in Lebanon Walid al-Bukhari held talks Wednesday with Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan and stressed that Saudi Arabia is “keen on Lebanon's stability.”
“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's leadership and people support Lebanon and the Lebanese,” Bukhari said.

Under the High Patronage of President of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri represented by Minister of Communications Jamal Jarrah, LibanPost honored the Governor of the Banque du Liban Riad Salameh with a special stamp unveiled during a ceremony that took place at the Banque du Liban Museum, and attended by a crowd of business leaders as well as government officials, international and local media, and public figures, a press release said.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and President Michel agreed to meet on Thursday to discuss the Cabinet formation process, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim said the Directorate has completed the task entrusted to it regarding a controversial naturalization decree review, as he noted that a new batch of Syrian refugees will be returning to Syria on Thursday.

President Michel Aoun inaugurated the 30th Ministerial Session of the UNESCWA at its headquarters in Beirut where he highlighted the crisis of Syrian refugees saying it is “bigger than Lebanon’s ability to tolerate,” and stressed that corruption will no longer be neglected.

The joint Palestinian security forces in the southern refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh arrested the suspects involved in a drug gunfire fight that killed one of the dealers and spread chaos in the camp, the forces said in a statement on Wednesday.

Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil on Tuesday said that the FPM's landmark agreement with the Lebanese Forces “no longer exists.”
The distribution of shares in the new government “should be proportional in order to form a national unity cabinet and if a party wants to voluntarily give up seats they are free to do so,” said Bassil after the weekly meeting of the Strong Lebanon bloc.